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kpackage4

System Software by fe6fbq 14 comments

I would suggest the best way to improve development on this program is to add PackageKit support:

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/pk-using.html

That'll give you YUM (Fedora), Zypper (openSUSE), URPMI (Mageia), APT (Debian/Ubuntu) and likely others. - Jun 06 2014
Linux Unified Kernel

System Software by linooxlee 3 comments

Putting the capabilities that make sense directly into the kernel will improve Linux support for compatible binaries, and it will speed up emulation (since at this point, it won't really BE emulation anymore...). - Dec 30 2008
I'm willing to bet this is already handled, but I'm going to suggest it in case it isn't; KDE3 and KDE4 use different methods for storing the colors of the theme in kdeglobals. If it hasn't been adjusted already, would it be possible to get QtCurve to use the KDE4 colors for KDE3 programs, rather than looking in the KDE3 default place for colors that in all likelihood won't be set? - Oct 22 2008
audiokonverter

Dolphin Service Menus by labrum 229 comments

No problem. This is one of the most useful - and in my case, most used - extensions around. - Jul 30 2008
Foxkit Web Browser

Browser by kit 29 comments

Your install doesn't properly install the toolbar instruction files, so I ended up with a browser with no toolbars at all (and an error saying the rc file was missing).

Specifically,
CREATE:cookieMonster,167899056;parent:167899048
ACTION:readCookies,NoFile
CREATE:NetManager,167899048;parent:167899040
CREATE:wrapper,167899040;parent:0
CREATE:foxkit,3049260304;parent:0
CREATE:cookieViewer,168038968;parent:0
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
foxkit(30345)/kdeui (kdelibs): No such XML file "foxkitui.rc"

CREATE:webPage,169193056;parent:168801552
CREATE:webView,168801552;parent:3049260304
ACTION:writeCookies,Finished
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
foxkit(30345)/kdeui (kdelibs): No such XML file "foxkitui.rc"
- Jul 29 2008
audiokonverter

Dolphin Service Menus by labrum 229 comments

I figured I'd mention I have this sucker working with KDE4 as well; all you have to do is...

1) Put the files audioconvert.desktop and audiofrommovie.desktop into $KDEROOT/services/ServiceMenus/ (example: on Fedora, that's /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/).

2) Edit both of them to add Type=Service to the [Desktop Entry] menu.

3) Add KonqPopupMenu/Plugin to the list of ServiceTypes; this tells Konqueror & Dolphin that this is an Action Menu in the new version.

That's it. You don't even have to patch the scripts, since they'll use the KDE4 kdialog instead of the KDE3 one, no problem. These adjustments will get the menus showing up in the right-click menus like they do in KDE3. - Jul 29 2008
O3

Plasma Themes by tuxmaniak1 10 comments

Well, you can use GetHotNewStuff to get it (there should be a Download button next to the option to change the theme in Configure Desktop, from which you simply select the theme you want and click Install), or you can install it yourself (depending on the theme, it may have to be compiled first, which simply requires a ./configure, make, make install run).

If it just says "Copy to $KDE4ROOT/share/apps/desktopthemes/" (and I've seen such before), know that generlaly, $KDE4ROOT is /usr (if there is an existing /usr/share/apps directory, that's probably it; just create a directory desktopthemes and put the theme in it). - Jul 16 2008
TaskJuggler

Groupware by cschlaeg 16 comments

I wondered the same thing, so I went to the TaskJuggler website and read that the next major verson (TaskJuggler 3) will be Qt4-based. - Apr 24 2008
Tasty Menu

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mart 499 comments

Tastymenu is great! Is there going to be a KDE4 port? If not, mind if I try? I much prefer Tastymenu to Kickoff and the default KMenu... - Apr 07 2008
Crystal

Various KDE 1.-4. Styles by dralgebra 153 comments

It appears that the same change has to be made in Fedora, or cmake fails to find the includes and gmake errors out as well.

Thanks for this windeco, it's by far the best one for KDE. - Apr 04 2008
Spoons Original

Plasma Themes by ivancukic 15 comments

I like this one. It really reminds me of the KDE3 theme Domino. - Apr 03 2008
KRename

System Software by domseichter 83 comments

BEST. UTILITY. APP. EVER.

Seriously. I have yet to locate an app I make more use of, except for Konqueror directly. In fact, I wouldn't have considered moving to KDE4 without KRename. I found myself wishing there was an equivalent app for performing the same sort of batch naming, only for words in text files...

In short, this is by far the most useful app ever... - Mar 18 2008
It's supposed to be a joke, because most laptops sold nowadays have that sticker on it, except instead of reading "Windows Vista Incapable" it says "Windows Vista Capable" ;) - Sep 19 2007
Knotify for Pidgin

Chat & Messenging by CitizenKane 8 comments

Here. Since I had a couple of hours to kill and meant to learn about this at some point, here's the plugin converted to use the GNU Autotools. So now you can do ./configure, make, make install and it'll move the plugin to the right directory.

http://crystalsanctuary.rpgsource.net/packages/tarballs/knotify-plugin-0.1.1.tar.gz

I tested it both the regular way (./configure, make, make install) and with the RPM builder (which technically does the same thing, but is somewhat more picky about certain things), so it should be good. - Aug 24 2007
I remember a few months ago that someone reported the text in Gtk2 menus staying black, even with QtCurve selected as the main theme and non-black menus being used in KDE. I recall then it being mentioned that the cause was the use of the gtk-qt-theme.

However, I notice that generally the text will be black for the first few seconds in certain Gtk2 programs (Firefox is a major example), and I can tell you right now it's not the gtk-qt-theme. I don't have it installed. I set the Gtk theme directly through the Gnome Control Center from KDE and started gnome-settings-daemon to make sure the Gtk programs pick up the styling properly. - Aug 17 2007
I submitted a source RPM for QtCurve for inclusion in Fedora a while ago, but it hasn't been approved. - Aug 17 2007
Knotify for Pidgin

Chat & Messenging by CitizenKane 8 comments

The problem is the install path is hardcoded in the Makefile. I know because I had to write a HUGE patch to get it to build for RPM (I'm the package maintainer for this in Fedora).

Oh, if the original programmer is interested, I can send the patch I wrote. It's not RPM-specific, so it should work for DEB and TGZ based distros as well. - Aug 09 2007
KDEAddons-Emulation

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by informix 61 comments

Where is the source code? The packages labelled "source" actually contain the compiled binaries... - Jul 21 2007
kollagame

Arcade by cprgmswr2 16 comments

There are always bad quality things made, regardless of OS or tools. Being formerly from the RM2K community, I can certainly attest to that. OTOH, there are a lot of GOOD quality things made with RM2K/Gamemaker/Clickteam/etc. , and so the question is, do you think we should prevent good quality creations to shield us from bad quality creations? - Jul 14 2007
kollagame

Arcade by cprgmswr2 16 comments

As awesome as Qt4/KDE4's dock sections are, I'm thinking that's probably not the best place to put database-based features...

Oh, and I'd be willing to help if I weren't a gutless coward and busy procrastinating on other things I'm supposed to be doing... - Jul 07 2007
KIO Slave sysinfo:/

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by jerrad 241 comments

I dunno the exact story behind it, but I have serious doubts that the Fedora 7 RPM contains the original source as offered, because when I tried to package the source for Fedora 7, I started getting compiler errors. Parts that sysinfo:/ rely on (like hwinfo) are not in Fedora.

Actually, that's why I started to hack on it to use HAL, as I mentioned the last time I posted here. I'll give creating the package a try again, though, just in case ;) - Jun 13 2007
KIO Slave sysinfo:/

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by jerrad 241 comments

Currently I'm trying to change the videocard section to use HAL instead of hdinfo (which isn't in every distro). Since this is upstream, you want my patch once I manage to fix it up? - Jun 03 2007
Tasty Menu

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mart 499 comments

While I was working on creating a .spec file for Fedora Core, I and my package reviewers ran into a series of odd problems, which appear to be from TastyMenu's own makefiles. I'll link you to the info:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238235#c15 - Apr 28 2007
Fedora Bubbles Metabar theme V2

Various Stuff by Clunixchit 2 comments

I really like this theme (it really fits a Fedora-based desktop well). Just a few suggestions:

1) This being a Fedora theme, I think it might be a good idea to produce a version that uses the Bluecurve icons instead of the Crystal icons. Remember, Bluecurve is the default icon theme in Fedora.

2) Maybe a DNA-based one, for FC6? - Feb 23 2007
Futurosoft Kickoff Vista

Utilities by Sephiroth6779 9 comments

How'd you change the bar at the bottom of Kickoff (not the button, but the bar above it; where it lists off username and hostname)? It's not a graphic file I managed to find, and I'm working on a Fedora theme for Kickoff. - Feb 22 2007
Fedora Core 6 Cursors

Cursors by kearone 2 comments

Unlike icons and skins and such, cursors are tied to X11, not to KDE or GNOME. So the cursors will work with KDE, GNOME, Xfce, IceWM, and whatever else you want to use. - Feb 15 2007
LyX -- The Document Processor

Office Apps by jspitzm 35 comments

I love LyX as a writing environment. My only complaint is that the Save/OpenFile dialogs look absolutely out of place, regardless of whether you're running KDE or GNOME. In fact, they look like they're designed to match the Windows dialogs instead... - Feb 14 2007
KDEAddons-Emulation

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by informix 61 comments

I've used Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE. In terms of file location, Fedora and openSUSE are identical, with one exception:

openSUSE puts regular programs in /usr, KDE programs in /opt/kde3 and GNOME programs in /opt/gnome. There are other programs that get put under /opt, but for the most part, those are the ones that count.

Fedora Core distros place everything under /usr and don't put anything in /opt at all. So the only difference between an openSUSE package and a Fedora package is that openSUSE needs the KDE stuff in /opt/kde3, and Fedora needs the KDE stuff in /usr. You're right; since emuexec is supposed to be generic, it should be in /usr in both. - Dec 26 2006
KDEAddons-Emulation

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by informix 61 comments

This has probably been mentioned: for SUSE and Mandriva, prefix=/opt/kde3 is fine; Fedora Core users need prefix=/usr... - Dec 12 2006
Crystal

KDE 3.x Window Decorations by dralgebra 541 comments

I suspect it's because he's showing off the Vista-style buttons ;) - Nov 12 2006
OpenOffice 2.0 Suse Splash

KDE 3.x Splash Screens by luxibuxi 3 comments

Actually, it was originally SuSE... - Oct 14 2006
KDEAddons-Emulation

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by informix 61 comments

I figured I'd mention that the KMenu doesn't show up properly in Mandriva and equivalents, due to Menudrake's hijacking of the KMenu setup. I'd suggest a fix, but I don't use Mandriva (I use Fedora Core), and I dunno exactly how Menudrake works. - Oct 01 2006
Soft Adobe CS2 Icons

Icon Sub-Sets by dirceu 5 comments

Looks good, but if you're doing the CS2 icons, it'd probalby behoove you to do Bridge and Help Center as well... - Aug 08 2006
Tasty Menu

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mart 499 comments

Here's a package for Fedora Core 5:

http://crystalsanctuary.rpgsource.net/dp_stuff/progs/tastymenu-0.5.1-1.i386.rpm - Aug 02 2006
Tasty Menu

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mart 499 comments

The source still has the comment error I mentioned before; it won't compile until the obviously English lines are commented out. - Aug 02 2006
Tasty Menu

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mart 499 comments

Oh, and since I generally do this with programs I compile, here's a Fedora Core 5 package:

http://crystalsanctuary.rpgsource.net/dp_stuff/progs/tastymenu-0.5-1.i386.rpm - Aug 02 2006
Tasty Menu

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mart 499 comments

The source as it is won't compile, because I think you missed commenting out what are obviously comments in the C++ code in menu.cpp, behavior.cpp, appearance.cpp and tastytooltipwidget.cpp . - Aug 02 2006
KlamAV

Security by hoganrobert 150 comments

When I try to compile or install, I get this:

if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -I. -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -MT logdialog.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/logdialog.Tpo" -c -o logdialog.o logdialog.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/logdialog.Tpo" ".deps/logdialog.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/logdialog.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
logdialog.cpp: In constructor ‘LogDialog::LogDialog(QWidget*, const char*, bool, uint)’:
logdialog.cpp:38: error: ‘Loading’ was not declared in this scope
logdialog.cpp:38: error: expected `;' before ‘CLAM’
logdialog.cpp: At global scope:
logdialog.cpp:77: error: ‘Destroying’ does not name a type
gmake[3]: *** [logdialog.o] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kelly/Installs/klamav-0.38-source/klamav-0.38/src/arkollon'
gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kelly/Installs/klamav-0.38-source/klamav-0.38/src'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kelly/Installs/klamav-0.38-source/klamav-0.38'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2 - Jul 31 2006
Yep, works now. - Jul 27 2006
When I try to download, I get asked for a username and password... - Jul 21 2006